Hi, this thread is interesting as we just extracted about twenty frames. Last year we put the supers with the empty frames out in the open to let them clean them out. A disaster. It started a robbing frenzy and destroyed one hive. This year we gave the supers with the drawn empty frames back to the hives they came from. So far all is calm. We placed them and under the inner cover with two partially filled honey supers below. Of course, below that are two deep brood supers. Question is: Will the bees clean the empty frames?
Will the bees continue filling the lower honey supers if there is a flow? Should we, and when should we, pull all the honey supers for winter storage? Thanks for your input.